Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor

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Boris Johnson has undeniably had a rude awakening.

The prime minister's self-imposed Halloween Brexit deadline looks further out of reach than a few short days ago.

But is it impossible? Absolutely not.

There is the possibility, still, of a deal, with Number 10 today stressing it was still their primary aim.

Whispers again about a Northern Ireland only backstop, and a bigger role for the Stormont assembly, if it ever gets up and running, are doing the rounds.

Some MPs, and some diplomats are more cheerful tonight about the possibilities of it working out.

If you squint you can see the chance of an agreement being wrapped up at pace, although it seems the chances range somewhere between slim and negligible.

Read the full piece by Laura.

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Jo Swinson appears to have confirmed a report in the Guardian, external that the Liberal Democrats are set to officially back revoking Article 50.

The article reports Ms Swinson saying she would support the cancellation of Brexit. Her party is expected to write the policy into its election manifesto, the newspaper reports.

In response to a question about the article by Tory MP Bob Seely, Ms Swinson says: "The honorable gentleman cannot be surprised that the Liberal Democrats are a party that wishes to stop Brexit."

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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson says after 21 MPs were effectively thrown out of the Tory party, "it is time that others in the Conservative Party also examine their consciences about what they can do and the role that they are playing in all of this".

She commends Amber Rudd for the "brave decision" to quit Boris Johnson's cabinet.

Responding to the PM's accusations that opposition MPs were afraid of an early general election, she says: "People in this country are afraid, they are afraid of a no-deal Brexit."

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The leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford says: "We want an election, but we don't want it on the prime minister's terms."

He accuses Boris Johnson of being "obsessed with running down the clock" on Brexit and claims he "cannot be trusted".

He says the prime minister wants to suspend Parliament so he can "drive us off the cliff edge" of a no-deal Brexit.

"Well, Mr Speaker, we are not falling for it," he adds.

He warns Mr Johnson that his days in office "are numbered".

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The Labour leader says "we are not walking into traps laid by this prime minister".

MPs are debating a motion put forward by Boris Johnson calling for an early general election.

He claims the PM is trying to take the country "over a cliff of a no-deal exit", saying it will damage the poorest and most vulnerable communities in society,

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Boris Johnson is "running away from scrutiny with his blather and his shouting", says Jeremy Corbyn.

The last generation did not give a mandate for a no-deal, nor did the 2016 EU referendum, he says.

"I want to turf out this reckless government, this government that is driving up poverty, deepening inequality, scapegoating migrants, whipping up divisions and failing this country," he continues.

He adds that a general election is not something "for the prime minister to play about with for propaganda points".

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Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will not "retreat" from its calls for a general election.

"But as keen as we are, we are not prepared to risk inflicting the disaster of no-deal on our communities our jobs, our services or indeed our rights," he says.

He says a no-deal Brexit would "start a whole new period of confusion and delay".

This would be set against a background of deepening poverty, rising unemployment and further deindustrialisation, he says,

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Boris Johnson reiterates that he will not ask the EU for an extension to the 31 October Brexit deadline.

"I will not ask for another delay," he says.

"The people of this country have had enough of the delectable disputations of this House and I must warn members that their behaviour in thwarting the will of the people is undermining respect for this House in the country."

Earlier, Mr Johnson said the only options Jeremy Corbyn favoured were "dither and delay".

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The prime minister says Labour MPs do not want to vote for an early general election because they think they will lose under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

"But there is a small terrified minority of Labour MPs who don't want an election because they actually think he might win," he adds.

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Boris Johnson has tabled a motion calling for an early general election and is challenging Jeremy Corbyn to support it.

"The surrender act has now passed - it has gained royal assent - he has done his level best to wreck this country's chances of a successful [Brexit] negotiation," he says.

"By his own logic he must now back an election."

He reiterates that he doesn't want a general election but has accepted that one needs to happen.

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The prime minister is in the chamber, sitting on the frontbench.

He'll be putting forward a motion, asking MPs to vote for an early general election.

Two-thirds of MPs need to vote in favour of the motion for it to succeed.

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MPs are now debating Lords amendments to the Restoration and Renewal Bill, dealing with the work needed on the Houses of Parliament.

This is the last bit of business before MPs move onto debating a government motion calling for an early general election.

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Labour MP Lisa Forbes, giving her maiden speech, says under the current Conservative government "austerity has gone further and faster than ever before".

She asks: "How can any of us rest easy knowing that there are families without homes, children without food, and services without proper funding?

"Even working people are forced to use food banks or survive on zero-hour contracts," she adds.

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Peterborough MP Lisa Forbes has paid tribute to her predecessor, Fiona Onasanya, who lost her seat after she was jailed for lying about a speeding offence.

Fiona Onasanya "made a great difference to the lives of my constituents through her hard work", she says in her maiden speech.

"Just as my predecessor was a black woman when there were too few here, I know my working class background is all too unusual too."

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Former attorney general Dominic Grieve - who brought a motion calling on ministers to publish correspondence over suspending Parliament - says he had heard suggestions of a Downing Street "plot" to marginalise the Commons.

Asked what he thought the government was hiding, he says he does not "necessarily know".

"But there have been a number of indications that the government has not been forthright and clear about their reasons for prorogation," he adds.

Government documents suggesting Boris Johnson agreed to suspend Parliament two weeks before making it public emerged last week.

"After that it started to become apparent that there was no official in Whitehall who was prepared to swear an affidavit explaining how the government had come about deciding to prorogue," Mr Grieve says.

"Once that happened, information started to leak out to MPs suggesting in fact there had been a plan - a plot you might call it - in order to prorogue Parliament and marginalise it and prevent it interfering with a no-deal Brexit and that that was in contemplation by the middle of August if not earlier."

He adds: "Governments must act with clean hands."

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Lisa Forbes, the new Labour MP for Peterborough, is making her maiden speech.

She was elected in a by-election in June, which was called after Labour MP Fiona Onasanya was forced out after being jailed for lying about speeding.

Katya Adler
Europe Editor

EU rules dictate that, if it wishes to push back the Brexit deadline, the UK has to ask for an extension from the EU. Brussels can't unilaterally offer or impose one.

And if the prime minister does ask for an extension (even through gritted teeth), then every single EU leader must sign up to it for the extension to be granted.

Which means every EU leader has a veto.

Now France is causing waves once again by suggesting that it won't sign up to a Brexit extension unless there is some dramatic change in the British political landscape - such as a general election or a second referendum.

But such pronouncements by French cabinet ministers should be taken with a hefty pinch of salt.

Read about the reasons why.